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Season 7 Episode 27
Episode 319 Sky One Transmission Date: Sunday 4th April 2004 Directed by Joss Agnew
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Viv
Tash
Tash, Nikki |
GS: Seth (Martin Cole) When Viv misses a save against Man U it affects him badly, so Chelsea closes Studs early and sets about cooking a meal to cheer him up. Jeff and Lee surprise Nikki with their new website for the company. A limo pulls up outside the house and in walks Tash! Viv arrives at Studs where Chelsea tries to assure him the goal wasn't his fault, and without warning he throws the table contents onto the floor and screams at her. She throws Viv out yelling that she doesn't want to be with him tonight. Nikki ends up having a rough night on the sofa when she offers Tash her room. Viv cannot sleep either and goes to Curtis and Ryan's saying he's in the mood for a card game as they are about to go to bed. Tash looks through Nikki's documents ready for a boot deal signing tomorrow. The next morning Curtis finds the living room spotless and Viv has prepared breakfast for he and Ryan. Tash suggests joining Nikki and taking the limo to London, saying they can't let them think they are amateurs. In training, Viv deliberately goes in on Clyde, hitting him in the face and making his lip bleed. At the Cerberus boot deal, Nikki meets Seth who is more interested in Tash and forgets Nikki is the person to see him. Tash then butts-into the deal and questions that there has been no mention of repeat fees and tells Seth he'll need to come up with something or they'll be going to a rival. Nikki has a go at Tash for taking over the deal and making her look like a fool. Stuart goes to see Chelsea at Studs but when Viv turns up she panics and hides Stuart behind the bar. Viv begins to go too far with Chelsea when wanting to make love on the pool table, until Stuart is forced to get up from behind the bar. Viv becomes convinced that he and Chelsea are having an affair. During formation for the following day’s game against Arsenal, Viv becomes paranoid and imagines Chelsea making love to Stuart. Viv tries calling Chelsea but there is no answer. He gets worse and storms into Stuart's room looking for her, and then into every other player’s room convinced Chelsea is with one of them. Chelsea arrives and Viv has to be held down whilst the doctor sedates him. Viv wakes the next morning and doesn't remember what happened. He asks Chelsea if she'll be at the game and she says yes, but has other things on her mind. When Stuart tells Viv he is resting him for the game, Viv steps on Alex Lawler's hand, thus regaining his place in the team. When Tash breaks down over Jamie and confesses she has lied about her life in America, Jeff asks her to come back and live with him and offers her a place in the business. Viv learns Chelsea hasn't shown up and knows his marriage is in trouble. He hands his keepers gloves to Marcel before running out of the tunnel moments before Harchester are due to take to the pitch. Notes: The Best: All about Tash! Her return entrance. Nikki with a glass of red wine and a hair flick in a clear attempt to appear sophisticated in front of Tash. The remembering of Abi and Tash’s friendship. Sandra’s moral support for Nikki over Tash. Tash’s flashback to Jamie coming out of the siege and calling for her before being shot, leading Tash to break down and reveal how empty her life is now. Quotes: Tash: "Oh dad why didn't you tell me how bad things had got?" Jeff (misunderstands that she is referring to him being beaten up): "I'm okay" Tash: "What? Living in a council house with Nikki Peggs! And one client who isn't even earning any wages!". And upon arriving home from the boot deal; Jeff: “Ah, my two girls. Cerberus knocked off their fee?" Nikki [snaps]: "Yeah they thought your daughter was wonderful!". Viv (to Stuart upon being rested): "We're playing Arsenal. Do you really want Lawler between that lot and our goal?” Continuity: Stuart tells Andy about how he saw Viv make a mistake like this when they were at Forest together and it totally screwed him up. Tash gives Jeff a drawing from Hope of her granddad and says she’s sorry she didn't bring her this time only she'd promised her mom. Tash and Abi discuss she and Fletch’s break up. Tash flashes back to Jamie's death in 6.30 (#290) End Game as she enters the tunnel. Additional Info: Tash describes her life in America with the supposed oil-millionaire “Greg” on a ranch just south of Dallas, which has a swimming pool, tennis court and soccer pitch. But by the end of the episode is forced to admit to Jeff that she and Greg broke up ages ago, and she and Hope have been renting a place in Dallas.
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